Rich media

Hantro Paves the Way for Microsoft Silverlight in Mobile

admin — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:50:50 +0000

Hantro, a market leader for wireless video IP, announces the support for Microsoft Silverlight. Recently announced Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for next generation rich media applications for the web. Silverlight video is based on Windows Media Video (WMV), Microsoft’s implementation of VC-1 video standard, and enables interactive video experiences even up to HD resolution.

“Microsoft Silverlight is an exciting new technology for the growing web video markets.” says Eero Kaikkonen, CEO of Hantro Products Oy. “Hantro has been shipping low power consumption hardware VC-1 video IP products to the leading wireless semiconductor vendors since early 2006. We’re pleased to say that many of our customers already have undoubtedly the best technology for enabling Silverlight in mobile devices.” » read more »

Adobe and Chunghwa Telecom Partner to Deliver Engaging Mobile Experiences

admin — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 13:24:04 +0000

Adobe FlashCast Brings Rich Data Services to Eight Million Mobile Consumers in Taiwan

Adobe Systems Incorporated and Chunghwa® Telecom have announced a partnership to deliver Adobe® FlashCast® technology to more than eight million subscribers in Taiwan. The new offering is expected to deliver rich data services across the Chunghwa Telecom network before the end of 2007.

Adobe FlashCast is designed to deliver rich, customized data services through a new generation of Adobe Flash® Player compatible mobile applications called channels. Chunghwa Telecom subscribers will be able to access multiple channels delivering news, entertainment, weather information, and more. A set of premium channels with content from leading media brands will offer information for specific groups and demographics. Interoperability with browsers, messaging applications, and media players allow Chunghwa Telecom to leverage investments in existing data services. » read more »

Comverse and Mobixell Provide Media Adaptation and Optimization for Multimedia Services at O2 in Germany

admin — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 10:21:58 +0000

Comverse, a subsidiary of Comverse Technology, Inc. and a supplier of software and systems enabling network-based multimedia enhanced communication and billing services, and Mobixell, a provider of innovative mobile multimedia solutions, have announced the deployment of mobile multimedia adaptation and optimization services for German Tier 1 mobile operator O2, part of the Spanish telecommunications group Telefónica S.A. (NYSE: TEF).

O2’s implementation of Rich Media Service Center (RMSC™) offered by Mobixell provides for delivery of mobile multimedia messages and ensures that they are displayed optimally on the handsets of O2’s subscribers throughout Germany. The service improves the quality and performance of transcoding for person-to-person (P2P) and application-to-person (A2P) MMS services for O2. » read more »

Motricity Partners with Vantrix to Enable Content Compatibility with Almost All Mobile Devices

admin — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 09:29:52 +0000

Vantrix mobile media engine enables Motricity to strengthen quality of content while gaining faster time to market

DURHAM, NC – March 1, 2007 – Motricity, a leading provider of mobile content services and solutions, has announced that its partnership with Vantrix, a leading solution provider of mobile media and marketing services, is enabling Motricity to satisfy rich media content adaptation requirements for the company’s content developer customers. Motricity utilizes the Vantrix award-winning SPOTxde Server solution to adapt its ringtones and wallpapers to fit almost any handset.

“We are delighted with our choice in Vantrix, an industry-proven partner, because we feel this is a significant extension of our managed service offerings to content developers,” said Chris Matherly, director of content operations, for Motricity. “It enables developers to focus on creating compelling content instead of having to worry about device compatibility because we do all of the handset profiling and testing with Vantrix’s platform.” » read more »

Thumbplay selects Vantrix for content optimization

admin — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:54:28 +0000

Thumbplay selects Vantrix for content optimization

Barcelona â€“ 13 February, 2007 â€“ Vantrix, the leading solution provider of mobile media services, announced today that Thumbplay (www.thumbplay.com), the leading online retailer of mobile entertainment content, has selected Vantrix for its rich media content adaptation requirements. Thumbplay will utilize the Vantrix SPOTxde Server solution to adapt its ringtones and wallpapers to fit any handset, and it is executed in real time for each piece of content that is requested. » read more »